BATTY BINGO!

This will be my last LINDSAY'S STAMP STUFF post as a DT member. I have met and worked with some wonderfully talented ladies and am so grateful to Lindsay for choosing to have me on her team. THANK YOU LINDSAY! You and the team are the best and I wish you continued success with your wonderful stamp line!

Between my son and daughter I have been through too many class parties to count. Each has required an activity and ideas have been running thin lately.
That is until I saw the Spooky Bingo Set from LINDSAY'S STAMP STUFF.



Using textured black cardstock, I made a 4.5 X 9 inch rectangle and scored it at 4 and 5 inches respectively.
For the front, I printed the tree/crows from the Creepy Crow Stamp Set onto printed paper.
Cut it to fit the 4x4 front of the card, sponged around the edges with both black and purple ink, then attached it to the front.


The Bingo cards (there is a set of 6) were printed on some bright green paper and attached to the inside of the black cardstock. The center piece that holds the test tube (a real test tube from my lab, not one of those fake MS ones, he he)is a 3 X 3/4 inch rectangle scored at 3/4 inch increments to form a square. That was attached to the back of the cs and the test tube slides right in. The cap is larger than the tube so it prevents is from slipping out.


The bats were made from a Punch bunch punch and stored inside the test tube for use when the bingo game starts. Let the fun begin!

Lindsay has a new flower set and as always the buy $5 get one free stamp special. Head on over the the other dt's blogs TOMORROW (I posted a bit early) for some more inspiration.

Have a great day and check back tomorrow for another TGF sneak peek!

Lindsay
Leanne
Janet
Lisa
Margie
Tracey
Tamara
Melissa
Diana
Cindi
Shannon
Ceal Pritchett, Oct. guest designer

A BIT SUBDUED

With the holiday on Monday and the fact that I went back to work, this week is just zooming along. Since I have been speeding along at a frenzied pace and doing a lot of bright projects I thought I would tone it down a bit and try for a more subtle effect.


I used Cattails #2 and Filled Swallowtail Butterfly
from LINDSAY'S STAMP STUFF
I love the soft aqua and brown tones in the paper which went so well with the nature theme.

We are all finished with the find the freebie in the design team's blog but Lindsay has some really fun ones on her blog THE FRUGAL CRAFTER. ALSO, if you join Lindsay's new LSS Group at SNR Card Universe There is another freebie in it for you.

AND, this is a special week because you have a chance to win 10 stamps from Lindsay by playing along at INSPIRATIONAL CARD SKETCHES. All you have to do is make a card using this sketch (I flipped it on its side for my card). Then, go on over to ICS and link it to their blog.








The design team have all used the sketch in their projects this week.

Lindsay
Janet
Lisa
Margie
Katt
Tracey
Tamara
Row
Olena
Melissa
Leanne
Diana
Ellen Sept. Guest DT

CARD STUFF
STAMPS - LINDSAY'S STAMP STUFF, FILLED SWALLOWTAIL, CATTAILS #2
PAPER - SHABBY MISS JENN, FRENCH ATTIC
INK - SU, CREAMY CARAMEL; VERSAMAGIC, AQUATIC SPLASH
ETC., - PRISMA PENCILS, GAMSOL,

HARRY TREATS and a SPOOKY FREEBIE!

Sounds disgusting doesn't it?



But look how cute Harry the spider is on this cupcake. This is one of Lindsay's Stamp Stuff's new Halloween stamps.

My son and I did this project together and he is insisting that I help with his school's Halloween party so that we can make these for it. I colored Harry, cut off his little spidery legs and replaced them with pipe cleaners. This was a super quick and easy project and we had a lot of fun icing the cupcakes and putting on the webs just for Harry. How cute is his expression and how inexpensive when you compare it with the cost of ready-made cupcake decorations. You could even have this as an art project that younger kids could easily manage.

Lindsay has several fun new Halloween stamps and a spooktacular FREEBIE this week. Go on a little ghost hunt through the other design team's blogs to get yours.


Lindsay
Melissa
Janet
Lisa
Margie
Katt
Tracey
Tamara
Row
Olena
Melissa
Leanne
Diana,August Guest DT Member

LOVELY AS A "PINK?" TREE

Happy Thursday and thanks for visiting!


Lindsay from LINDSAY'S STAMP STUFF is always on the cutting edge of trends and trees are so cute and trendy right now. This is one of several digi's she has to choose from.

I printed the digi stamp on the BACK of a couple different patterned papers and cut out the tree separately from the leaves. Of course I know leaves are usually green (or fall colors) but I liked how the pink looked against the background and what is art for if you can't bend the rules of nature once in a while. Some very thin green ribbon was thread through (with an embroidery needle) some tiny buttons for the tree and a brad was put through the holes of the buttons for the ones along the edge.

Lindsay has a bunch of great new stamps and some spooky, fun Halloween ones if you are the type to plan ahead so check them out.

Check out the other dt's blogs for some inspiration and another freebie it is another fab one.

Lindsay
Melissa
Janet
Lisa
Margie
Katt
Tracey
Tamara
Row
Olena
Melissa
Leanne
Diana,August Guest DT Member

CARD STUFF
STAMPS - Lindsay's stamp stuff, Funky tree; The greeting farm, hello go rounds
PAPER - Scrapbook Bytes, Retro sugar
Etc., - Buttons, ribbon, brads, lace

MR. ROBOTO and A FABULOUS FREEBIE!

Happy Thursday everyone!

I made this card a couple weeks ago for my sons "robot" birthday. Right now he wants to build robots when he grows up, as long as he make me one that does housework, I am all for it!

This is a newer stamp from LINDSAY"S STAMP STUFF called WACKY ROBOT. If you have a kid who is crazy for robots (they seem to be everywhere these days) like mine this is the perfect stamp and its only a dollar! I love his silly expression.



I made the card in geometric shapes to fit the robot theme, used some funky futuristic looking paper and added a few missing parts. Super quick, easy card and my son loved it.

Check out the other dt's blog for some inspiration and another freebie. You won't want to pass this one up it is stunning!

Lindsay
Melissa
Janet
Lisa
Margie
Katt
Tracey
Tamara
Row
Olena
Melissa
Leanne
Diana,August Guest DT Member

GUESS WHO HAS THE FREEBIE THIS WEEK? and HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDSEY!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!!!
It is my daughter's 15th birthday today. In my mind I can still see the way she looked up at me the first time, all wide eyed and yawning. She was so tiny, now she is taller than I am. Love Ya Lindsey!

Scroll all the way down to the bottom if you want to see Lindsey's wicked birthday card.

















YEP YOU FOUND IT!


Lindsay's Stamp Stuff is giving away another freebie this week and I have it. It is this wonderful
GARDEN TOOL stamp (just click on garden tool to get the download).

This card was made for my sister's birthday. She is an avid gardener and her house is a floral showcase. I wanted the card to be very pretty on the outside in contrast to the sentiment on the inside. Outside it says "Gardeners never grow old". On the inside it says "They just soil their plants". I can't remember where I got the sentiment but it was last year sometime, probably on SCS. It cracked me up so I tucked it away in my brain knowing it would be perfect for sis.



My new and super sweet, super talented cyber friend Penny Duncan created - yes created (go ahead and gasp, I did) the floral, oval frame that I used for the front of the card. She does some magic to make something called an SVG file which will work with my Sure Cuts Alot software (SCAL) and my Cricut. Peggy is a genius and generous to boot, the frame file is free and her blog is gorgeous.

Lindsay has decided to keep the get a free stamp when you spend $5 special going for a while so if you haven't yet checked out her designs it is a great time to try them. Meanwhile, check out the other design team's blogs for some inspiration.

Lindsay
Melissa
Janet
Lisa
Margie
Katt
Tracey
Tamara
Row
Olena
Melissa
Leanne
Diana,August Guest DT Member

A WICKED BIRTHDAY CARD


Traci Porter AKA The Wicked Pixie, changed graduate Ian into Harry Potter and included the owl, another Greeting Farm stamp as Hedwig. As I told her, in HP's words it was bloody brilliant! As soon as I saw it I knew I had to make one for my daughter's birthday card. I made the base a sorting hat by cutting out an oval and a triangle. I scrunched it up in a ball to get a wrinkled effect and then pinched the face into the hat. I glued it onto a black cardstock base trying to keep the wrinkles and creases intact. Although it is covered by the whomping willow and Harry, the face looks sorta like the one in the movie. Instead of making a card that opened, I just printed a Marauder's Map from the internet and put it on the back writing the inscription on it.

Mischief Managed!